Resilient package-holding device



1 1927. H. c. NATERMAN RESILIENT PACKAGE HOLDING DEVICE Filed Dec 24 NAILS I N V EN TOR. HENRY C. NA TERMAN ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 19, 192?.

Unitas stares HENRY C. NATE KHAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

RESILIENT PACKAGE-HOLDENG DEVICE.

Application filed December A main object is to provide a simple package holding device formed oi? a single piece of spring wire, that is of simple construction and which with the packages of materials secured thereto may be quickly .mounted within the central opening of hollow paper rolls without mutilating or injuring the paper of the roll in the slightest manner.

A -further object is to provide a device that is maintained within the opening of a paper roll solely by its resiliency.

Further objects, and advantages will be apparent from the 'i ollow ing specification, reference being had to the appended drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective detail view partly in section, of one end 01 a roll of roofing paper, the package holding device being shown in position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through one end oi a paper roll showing the device mounted therein supporting the packages of materials.

Fig. 3 is an end view of a paper roll showing the device in position.

Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the device in open position before insertion within the roll opening.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view showing the method of inserting a holder device carrying packages within a paper roll.

In the manufacture of paper roofings, a heavy paper is employed that is thoroughly saturated in a tar or asphalt compound to water-proof the same. After the paper has been saturated it is formed into rolls of up proximately fifteen inches in diameter with a cylindrical opening therethrough 0t.

about three and onehalt inches in diameter. This central opening in each roll has been employed for holding a can oi cement and a package of nails used by the roofing operators when laying a roof. It has been customary when the paper has been rolled to insert the packages of cement and nails therein and then seal the ends with a flat piece of waste roofing, binding the same thereto with cheese cloth. paper finishing end being pasted over the cloth. This method of confining the cement and nails within the hollow rolls not only consumes a great deal of time and labor, but oftentimes the weight of the cement and nails will accidentally force through the closures during the handling of the rolls.

By means of my device it will not be 24, 1925. Serial N0. 77,474.

necessary to seal the open ends of hollow paper rolls, the resilient package holding device securely holding the packages against dislodgen'ient during the handling of the rolls. and at the same time-economize materially in time and labor in the placement of packages within the rolls.

Referring, now more particularly to the drawings, and especially to Figs. 1 and i, the. device 5, is preferably formed of spring wire of a relatively heavy gauge to insure sufficient resiliency to pre *ent a dislodgement of the device after it has been mounted within the roll.

In the formation of the device 5 the wire is bent upon itself in equal lengths to form main body portions 6, [the central bent portion forming a spring loop 8, the upper ends of each of said body portions are then bent inwardly at substantially right angles to said body portions, and the extreme ends are further bent in substantially circular loops 9 disposed in opposite directions to each other in order to maintain the packages supported by the device against accidental displacement should the roll be placed on end with the loops disposed downwardly.

In order to form a support for containers carried by the device within the opening oi the roll, the body portions 6, 7, are bent at right angles directly above the ends of the spring loop 8 to form ledges 12, 13, upon which one of the containers rests when the device is inserted within the roll.

The method of mounting the device in the central opening of a paper roll extremely simple, the operator first presses the body portions 6, 7, of the device towards each other and at the same time inserting the spring looped end into one end of the roll.

opening (see Fig. 5), in order to hold the body portions in compression. A can of cement 16 and a paper nail container 17, are then inserted within the holder, the de vice with the packages then being forced downwardly into position midway between the ends of the roll, as shown in the various views of the drawing.

From the above it will be clear that the packages of materials will be held firmly within the roll opening solely by the resiliency of the holder device, and as the looped ends 9 on the upper ends of the body members 6, '7. engage one of the material containers no accidental displacement of the same can occur. The spring loop 8 of the device will afl'ord a convenient hand-hol d for enabling a worlnnan to readily withdraw the holder and its packages of materials from the roll when desired.

What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a single length of spring wire bent upon its-ell suhstantiall mid-way of ils ends to form a spring loop at its hent portion. the unattached ends 0 1': said wire being hent inwardly toward each other to form pacle age stops.

9. A derive for holding packages in position within hollow rolls comprising a single length of spring wire hcnt upon itself an its middle portion to form spring wall gripping arms for the reception of packaged articles l'herehetween, {he ends of said arms being hent towards each other to form stops or supports For said articles.

3. A new article of manufacture comprising a single length of spring); wire hent upon itself to form a spring loop at its hent portion and spaced apart, the ends of said wire being bent towards each other to form stops for packaged articles when disposed between the bent port-ions of the wire, and seats :lor supporting packaged articles formed above the spring, loop.

L A no article of manufaotnre eomprismg a single length 011? wire hent upon itsell to form a pair of sprin arms. the ends of said wire arms heing hent at substantially right angles to said arms and being oppo- II. C. r l TERMAN. 

